Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-29
WAS THERE A BOYCOTT,
The Musical Case IN the Police Court.

The case Of the seven members Of the washing
ton Musical Asssmbly-Louis r. Wild, Ed. c. Lin.
den John n. Pistorio, Joseph B. Caldwell, Jas C.
Callan, George n. Sloan and Anton F1sher-and
John Falion, the tailor, who is a member OF the
Knights Of Labor. was not called up In the Police
Court until nearly O'Clock to-day, on account Of
the trials OF other cases. Most OF the Defendants
were present to hear the arguments, and q mum.
Der OF persons In the case were also
ent, thinking that the case would be disposed OF
Mr. Garnett, VINO appears With Mr. worthington
for the prosecution, and MeSsrs. Moore and Raj.
ston, for the defendant, were present
DISTRICT ATTORNEY woRrnIxGroN
commenced his argument for the Government
about 1:l5 O'Clock, remarking that he agreed with
the prosecution as to much they had stated as
law, and 1t was therefore, important to know the
precise question involved. 1t was seriously
argued that the Government complained that the
MUSICAL AS was conspiracy that they
MED. The question was whether IL was crimina
70 combine TO ruin men, and whether they should
their hate. He then read the information SAYING
one OF the objects was to extort money to prevent
men from obtaining employment;
IN BRIEF, TO BOYCOTT
The great crime was the last charce-the pur.
pose OF reducing these parties to beggary and
want-and he claimed II he had made out any one
OF the points he was entitled to Judgment of
guilty. lie then claimed, reading from the testi-
m0ny OF the first three witnesses that they clearly
established the conspiracy. He referred to the
testimony or Mr.. Schutter. who was a Judge OF
their little court ana read the finding of the court
In the case OF Mr. krause. He urged that, after
the engagement of krause by Monkey, Calian and
Sloan were at the rolercoaSter for the purpose OF
seeing who We're there. He also Claimed that Mild
had proposed Ito down krause;' that the testi-
mony showed that they were to boycott, but not
use the word boycott.
Mr.. Schutter says that the charges against
Krause should have been brought before him. bur
n haQ frfQ and
expelled by the court OF another assembly be-
cause 1t was afraid its own court would not have
convicted him. he then referred TO the effort
made TO publish krause as scab, to lower
prices and finally 10 boycott him. He referred to
the assembly men taking engagements at a less
amount than krause, for the purpose OF starving
him out. He then referred to the statements OF
witnesses that the committee had attempted to
speak for 10000 Knights. and 90, 600 workingmen,
and said IL the Object-waS TO ruin the parties II
is criminal. The crisis had been brought about by
Monkey diScharging Callan and employing KrauSe,
and then Jno. Pietorio says unless krause Is dis
charged they would take the musicians out OF
every theater in town for whom MIR. Monkey posts
bills. Thus 1t was that theaters were TO be
ruined. 1t was true that the word boycott
the lneanest kind OF a boycott. Was 1t the
proper thing to do to apply opprobrious epithets
to men to carry out their object. He claimed that
Lochboehler's testimony had been corroborated,
and it had been clearly shown that the committee
was engaged In an unlawful act. He charged
s s Su and 'D that S the evide eHc
showed that he was ready to pay men for break
Ing engagements with krause. They were WILL
ing TO pay money for violating their own rules II
krauSe could be reached. He was not charging
The Knights OF Labor but the Musical Assembly
with tins offense, and he believed the Knights
would generally repudiate the action taken by the
assembly. After speaking OF the testimony OF
others ne claimed that he had shown that the
defendants were guilty of an unlawful act He
repealed the statement that krauSe and his band
had been styled by counsel "a gang OF outcasts "
Mr.. Moore denied that he USED such remark.
He had said they had been expelled from the order
Tor violating the principles OF the order.
Mr.. Worthingion said he was not speaking for
krauSe alone, out for the vast nuInOer of working
men and non-wOrking men. lie claimed that all
he had to do was to show the combination whether
they carried out the object or not; that they would
be guilty II they were arrested when leaving the